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WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving Brexit will dominate the UK's agenda up to and beyond 2020 with uncertainty rife until clear decisions are made on the form of Great Britain's future relationship with the EU and the rest of the world.

• [New] AI might generate 35% of UK jobs in the next 10 to 20 years. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The UK is subject to daily cyber attacks, with cyber criminals and state linked actors targeting organizations, stealing data and threatening services. UKAuthority
• [New] The council, one of the largest unitary authorities in England, will replace outdated legacy applications with a cloud-native ERP system to reduce complexity, improve transparency, and minimise infrastructure dependency. UKAuthority
• [New] In the UK, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will introduce new rules for subscription contracts effective Spring 2027. Arnold & Porter
• [New] More than 400 turbines in Northern Ireland will need to be replaced. BBC News
• [New] Hot spells will become more frequent in our future climate, particularly in the south-east of the UK. The Guardian
• [New] There will be an England-wide rollout of AI tools that record conversations between patients and NHS staff to generate real-time transcriptions and clinical summaries. BBC News
• [New] Artificial intelligence will be used on the NHS app to determine which service is most appropriate for patients in England. BBC News
• [New] The Bank of England has signalled the need for more sophisticated regulation to manage the financial stability risks posed by increasingly autonomous agentic AI systems. FTI Strategic Communications
• [New] The UK is conducting its own review of the Payment Services Regulations, with the FCA expected to consult on updated safeguarding rules as part of the broader consolidation of the UK payments framework following Brexit divergence. The Fintech Times
• [New] Britain's Armed Forces will be ready and equipped to fight the wars of today and the future following a landmark £15 billion investment to fund key equipment and technology. GOV.UK
• [New] Britain plans to invest billions in drone systems across all branches of the military. Euronews
• [New] The UK government has pledged to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem by 2040. The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News |
• [New] Central banks such as the Bank of England have started to flag AI-linked asset prices and concentration as a potential financial stability vulnerability. Default
• [New] The UK Government's Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan sets out its policies and plans to meet the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023 to 2027), Fifth Carbon Budget (2028 to 2032), and Sixth Carbon Budget (2033 to 2037). Climate Change Committee

Last updated: 07 July 2026